“The cinema is an invention without any future.” ― Louis Lumière
Directed by James McTeigue. Screenplay by The Wachowski Brothers. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures. NOTE: I’m not really all that good at knowing what constitutes a spoiler, and I’m not prone to worry about it all that much. You might see the movie before reading this review if such things concern you. So, first things first. […]
Read More V for VendettaThose are the immortal words that signal the beginning of New Line Cinema’s sure-to-be-massive marketing campaign for “Snakes on a Plane”. Not since the “Episode 1” teaser was released back in November 1998 has the world been so amped up for a movie trailer. That movie featured a wooden child actor, a jailbait Natalie Portman […]
Read More "Enough is enough, I’ve had it with these snakes."What is everyone’s anticipation of Inside Man? The trailer intrigues me. I’ve only heard one person’s opinion, and that was when Wells linked to Emmanuel Levy, who raves. And, of course, it’s directed by Spike Lee, which also intrigues me. Lee’s career has been interesting, to say the least. I loved Do Right the Thing, […]
Read More Inside ManOne of the best films I’ve seen at the cinema in recent years is ‘About Schmidt’. Warren Schmidt’s monologue at the very end of the film is very moving and a superb culmination of what the film is about. But ‘About Schmidt’ always had one flaw that bothered me – it’s not a particularly glaring […]
Read More The one false note in ‘About Schmidt’Or You Can Cross All Your T’s But… (from a quick read of yesterday’s Empire Online) Casting Benicio del Toro as a werewolf is one of those things that just seem so inevitable that you wonder what the point is. You can already picture the performance in the back of your mind, maybe because it’s […]
Read More On The Trouble of Anthropomorphical CastingThis happened like a week ago, but it’s still worth mentioning. How many of us read The Hot Blog? As I’ve no doubt mentioned before, I really respect Poland, even though from time to time his role as holier-than-thou ombudsman of film journalism gets a bit rich, none the less, the man can dredge through […]
Read More The Death of bicycle bobJust finished watching Dream On Silly Dreamer for a DVD review I have to do for MousePlanet. This isn’t a movie that is going to be of interest to many people. For the most part it is a headshot documentary with Walt Disney Feature Animation artists in the weeks following the announcement in 2002 that […]
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